According to the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), the cost of illegal mining is estimated to be over R70 billion annually in gold alone ... at a Soweto tavern in which ...
Samuel Sehebeng, 47, sitting having a midmorning drink at a tavern in the nearby dusty township of Khuma, is one of them. Illegal miners rescued from an abandoned gold mine sit on the floor as ...
In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close to 80 found dead in grim recovery operation.
An incident at a former Colorado gold mine that killed a man and trapped a group of tourists for hours underground in 2024 was caused by "operator error," authorities said. Investigators ...